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Page 10A NATION/WORLD East Oregonian Friday, April 10, 2015 Historic encounter with Cuba’s Castro awaits Obama in Panama Associated Press PANAMA CITY — Turning the page on a half-century of hostility, President Barack Obama signaled Thursday he will soon remove Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, boosting hopes for improved ties as he prepared for a historic encounter with Cuban Pres- ident Raul Castro. Hours before his arrival in Pan- ama for a regional summit, Obama said the U.S. State Department KDG ¿QLVKHG LWV UHYLHZ RI &XED¶V presence on the list, a stain on the LVODQG QDWLRQ¶V SULGH DQG D PDMRU stumbling block for efforts to mend U.S.-Cuba ties. A top senator con- ¿UPHGWKDWWKHDJHQF\KDGUHFRP- mended removing Cuba from the list, all but ensuring action by the president within days. ³:HGRQ¶WZDQWWREHLPSULVRQHG by the past,” Obama said during a visit to Kingston, Jamaica. “When VRPHWKLQJ GRHVQ¶W ZRUN IRU \HDUV\RXGRQ¶WMXVWNHHSRQGRLQJ it. You try something new.” With his optimistic assessment, Obama sought to set the tone for the U.S. and Cuba to come closer to closing the book on more than a half-century of estrangement, when he and Castro come face to face at the Summit of the Americas. Obama arrived Thursday evening in Panama City. The highly anticipated interac- tion with Castro will test the power of personal diplomacy as the two leaders attempt to move past the sticking points that have interfered with their attempt to relaunch diplo- matic relations. The U.S. has long since stopped actively accusing Cuba of support- ing terrorism, and Obama has hint- ed at his willingness to take Cuba off the list ever since he and Castro announced a thaw in relations in December. Yet Obama has stopped short of the formal decision amid in- dications that the White House was UHOXFWDQW WR JUDQW &XED¶V UHTXHVW until other thorny issues — such as restrictions on U.S. diplomats in Havana — were resolved. &XEDLVRQHRIMXVWIRXUFRXQWULHV still on the U.S. list of countries accused of repeatedly supporting global terrorism; Iran, Yet while recent polling has shown broad support for the thaw in both Cuba and the U.S., the change KDVDWWUDFWHG¿HUFHRSSRVLWLRQIURP many other members of Congress — especially those who represent the large Cuban-American popu- lation in Florida. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Thurs- GD\WKHUHZHUH³VHULRXVTXHVWLRQV´ about taking Cuba off the list “while this dictatorship, which practices repression at home and supports vi- olence throughout the region, con- tinues to hold power.” 7KLV\HDU¶VVXPPLWLVWKH¿UVWWR LQFOXGH&XEDDQGIRU&DVWURLW¶VD powerful opportunity to prove his country can be a responsible player on the world stage. 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